C. A. Watson

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

C. A. Watson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. A. Watson has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24 papers in Instrumentation and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in C. A. Watson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (28 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (24 papers). C. A. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (57 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (28 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (24 papers). C. A. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. C. A. Watson's co-authors include V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, S. P. Littlefair, T. Shahbaz, H. M. Cegla, B. T. Gänsicke, Bing Huang, A. T. Hunter, Peter W. Deelman and I. Alvarado-Rodriguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

C. A. Watson

85 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Coherent singlet-triplet oscillations in a silicon-based ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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  1. Coherent singlet-triplet oscillations in a silicon-based double quantum dot
    2012 396 citations Brett Maune, Matthew Borselli et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. A. Watson United Kingdom 24 1.2k 709 351 345 275 87 2.0k
M. Moresco Italy 26 2.2k 1.9× 435 0.6× 606 1.7× 89 0.3× 339 1.2× 74 3.0k
Sheng‐Cai Shi China 19 695 0.6× 354 0.5× 701 2.0× 95 0.3× 19 0.1× 155 1.3k
A. G. Green United Kingdom 23 184 0.2× 711 1.0× 80 0.2× 221 0.6× 28 0.1× 60 1.6k
H. Vahlbruch Germany 20 416 0.3× 2.1k 2.9× 607 1.7× 1.1k 3.3× 47 0.2× 35 2.4k
W.H. Oskay United States 20 189 0.2× 2.3k 3.3× 297 0.8× 220 0.6× 16 0.1× 30 2.7k
B. Willke Germany 27 918 0.8× 1.9k 2.6× 866 2.5× 113 0.3× 15 0.1× 115 2.6k
Yue-Liang Wu China 31 1.9k 1.6× 432 0.6× 242 0.7× 69 0.2× 14 0.1× 196 3.9k
Guillermo González United States 29 2.7k 2.3× 174 0.2× 824 2.3× 11 0.0× 664 2.4× 144 3.6k
P. Nisenson United States 20 908 0.8× 388 0.5× 136 0.4× 34 0.1× 228 0.8× 69 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. A. Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. A. Watson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. A. Watson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. A. Watson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. A. Watson. C. A. Watson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Watson, C. A., T. R. Marsh, Matteo Brogi, et al.. (2024). Doppler tomography as a tool for characterizing exoplanet atmospheres – II. An analysis of HD 179949 b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(3). 3800–3814. 3 indexed citations
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Mooij, Ernst de, et al.. (2024). A.C.I.D – an improved LSD technique for accurate line profile retrieval. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(3). 2071–2086. 1 indexed citations
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Mortier, Annelies, et al.. (2023). Unsigned magnetic flux proxy from solar optical intensity spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(4). 5862–5878. 8 indexed citations
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Mortier, Annelies, Lars A. Buchhave, A. Collier Cameron, et al.. (2022). Multi-mask least-squares deconvolution: extracting RVs using tailored masks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 513(4). 5328–5343. 10 indexed citations
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Jayachandran, P. T., Anthony M. McCaffrey, David R. Themens, et al.. (2021). Global Positioning System (GPS) Scintillation Associated with a Polar Cap Patch. Remote Sensing. 13(10). 1915–1915. 6 indexed citations
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Costes, Jean C, C. A. Watson, Ernst de Mooij, et al.. (2021). Long-term stellar activity variations and their effect on radial-velocity measurements. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(1). 830–850. 11 indexed citations
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Watson, C. A., et al.. (2021). Phase curve and variability analysis of WASP-12b using TESS photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 503(1). L38–L46. 6 indexed citations
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Merritt, Stephanie R., Neale P. Gibson, Stevanus K. Nugroho, et al.. (2020). Non-detection of TiO and VO in the atmosphere of WASP-121b using high-resolution spectroscopy. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 56 indexed citations
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Hooton, M. J., Ernst de Mooij, C. A. Watson, et al.. (2019). Storms or systematics? The changing secondary eclipse depth of WASP-12b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(2). 2397–2406. 13 indexed citations
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Fitzsimmons, A., Robert Jedicke, Pedro Lacerda, et al.. (2018). Extreme Asteroids in the Pan-STARRS 1 Survey. The Astronomical Journal. 156(6). 282–282. 4 indexed citations
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Cegla, H. M., C. Lovis, V. Bourrier, C. A. Watson, & A. Wyttenbach. (2017). A cautionary tale: limitations of a brightness-based spectroscopic approach to chromatic exoplanet radii. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Cegla, H. M., C. Lovis, V. Bourrier, et al.. (2016). The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect reloaded: Probing the 3D spin-orbit geometry, differential stellar rotation, and the spatially-resolved stellar spectrum of star-planet systems. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 588. A127–A127. 81 indexed citations
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Cegla, H. M., et al.. (2013). 天体物理学的ノイズ源としての恒星表面磁気対流 I 吸収線プロファイルの多成分パラメータ化. The Astrophysical Journal. 763. 1–95. 2 indexed citations
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Cegla, H. M., C. A. Watson, Sergiy Shelyag, & M. Mathioudakis. (2013). A Pathway to Earth-like Worlds: Overcoming Astrophysical Noise due to Convection. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 222. 1 indexed citations
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Ristè, Diego, M. Dukalski, C. A. Watson, et al.. (2013). Deterministic entanglement of superconducting qubits by parity measurement and feedback. Nature. 502(7471). 350–354. 232 indexed citations
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Armstrong, D. J., D. Pollacco, C. A. Watson, et al.. (2012). A transiting companion to the eclipsing binary KIC002856960. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations
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Maune, Brett, Matthew Borselli, Bing Huang, et al.. (2012). Coherent singlet-triplet oscillations in a silicon-based double quantum dot. Nature. 481(7381). 344–347. 396 indexed citations breakdown →
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Faedi, F., S. C. C. Barros, D. Pollacco, et al.. (2011). New exoplanets from the SuperWASP-North survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 1003–1003. 1 indexed citations
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Boumis, P., D. Pollacco, I. A. Steele, et al.. (2010). Aristarchos RISE2: A Wide-Field Fast Imager for Exoplanet Transit Timing. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 424. 426. 1 indexed citations
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Shahbaz, T. & C. A. Watson. (2007). The rotational broadening of V395 Carinae. Implications on the compact object's mass. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474(3). 969–973. 9 indexed citations

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